Wildcard Old Bridge (Fr) (Born To Sea {Ire}) (lot 46) topped the ThoroughBid April Sale which concluded on Tuesday. The four-year-old gelding, consigned by Gordon Elliott Racing, was snapped up by SWRSL for £20,000. His extended family features multiple Grade I winner A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) among others.
Two lots made £12,000 apiece: the Monasooth Stables-consigned Western Clouds (GB) (Cloudings {Ire}) (lot 25) and Spartan Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) (lot 37), with the former selling to Darren O'Dwyer and the latter catching the eye of Robert Aplin from the Jimmy Fyffe consignment.
At the close of trade, 17 lots of the 40 offered had sold (43%) for a gross of £103,250. The average was £6,073 and the median was £5,500.
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